To make sure the United States was prepared to fight any type of conflict
No. They fought alongside each other.
During the Cold War there was a concern in the United States over the expansion of communism. This fear of communism manifested itself in the domino theory an idea which governed much of us foreign policy starting in the 1950s. The domino theory was essentially the idea that if one nation fell to communism its neighboring counties would as well and this process would repeat itself almost resembling a row of dominos falling (hence the name). Because of this theory many political leaders in the us feared that if former French colonies like Vietnam fell to communism than their neighboring counties would as well including Laos, Cambodia, etc.
<span>The answer to the question is a slower transit towards industrialization. In the industrial period, cities grew tremendously with the onset of new technologies and prospect for families making a new living for themselves. Unfortunately, the cities grew too fast and couldn't hold the influx of people living in them. This led to tremendous pollution, famine, disease and war. With a slower growth, the cities would have been able to better handle the influx of new people.</span>
